I am kind of new to linux. I run kubuntu 7.10 on my desktop and I have heard a lot of good things about mint so I would like to load it on my laptop. Toshiba A105, 512 RAM, 80 GIG hard drive. But when I load the live CD it asks for a user name and password. I didn't see anything on the log in screen telling me what it would be. So I was hoping someone could help me with this. I tried "guest" as both but it told me it was wrong.

I misunderstood, I thought you were trying to install Kubuntu, nonetheless i know for a fact there is definitely no login necessary for Mint 4.0 either. Keep us posted if you have any more problems.Cheers.

Well re-downloaded it and got it to run. However, there is no sound and/or wireless in the LiveCD.

So my next question is. Are sound and wireless issues common on laptops? While I don't mind doing a bit of work in order to get the distro up and running, I had a bad experience with a different distro and 2 weeks of waisted time trying to get sound up and running. I almost dumped linux totally due to it. From the LiveCD I will admit the things I have heard about mint are very much true. I really liked the interface and the "feel" of the desktop from the LiveCD. But there again I don't want to spend all my time with a new distro trying to get one part working.

The sound is an issue nearly everyone has with an A105 lappy after a quick google search.http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=635215&page=3"I just fixed this for someone yesterday. The answer I got from google was to open /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base and at the end of the file in the options area add this line:

options snd-HDA-Intel auto

and then reboot. At least I think that's what it was.Good luck."perhaps that may work.